This brand new fontset, available only from Micropress,
is our 6th premium font family. ChMath supplements Bitstream Charter
family with everything needed for typesetting mathematics. See
our font page for additional information and
examples.

06/10/03:
VTeX 8.21 is here. New features:

VTeX is now compatible with recently released Adobe Acrobat 6.
See Acrobat 6 issues page for the information
on how to update older versions of VTeX for use with Acrobat 6.

05/10/03:
VTeX 8.2 is here. New features:

four alternative implementations of Computer Modern fonts.
The new font sets represent four weights of the entire Computer Modern set,
based on the latest Knuth's designs. The fonts have been made
using the Math Precise Technology with
great technical quality. Let error-prone manually redesigned,
or bitmap autotraced Computer Modern slip from your memory!
The font sets produced in Type1 format are fully hinted,
flex hints including. Full hinting provides the best possible
rendering on screen, and on low-resolution printers as well.
The extensive choice of weights allows you to fully adjust
the desired appearance of the fonts for your display and printer.
No more ``Computer Modern fonts are too light'' complaints...
just choose and use the right weight for your document.

12/20/02:
VTeX 8.1 is here. New features:

optimized embedding of PDF documents. To include the N'th page
of doc.pdf in your document, just use the standard graphicx
command \includegraphics[page=N]{doc.pdf}. Embedded
PDF pages can be scaled, rotated etc.
Unlike other TeX implementations, PDF embedding is optimized in VTeX.
This results in smaller and more reliable output PDF documents.

CB font set for Greek typesetting. The font set includes
almost 600 Type1 (pfb) fonts, made with our proprietary
Math Precise Font Technology.

07/31/02:
VTeX 8.0 is here! First major upgrade in two years and new major features:

SVG output mode. SVG (scalable vector graphics) is the new W3C standard
for vector graphics on the Web; VTeX can now write SVG output directly.
SVG provides PDF-like quality of the text and graphics output together with
the powerful animation/scripting facilities. In addition to the Web pages,
the SVG output mode is intended for producing high quality presentations.
SVG output is supported by all major formats (Plain TeX, LaTeX, AmsTeX); by
the GeX engine and its plugins, by all graphics-related packages
(Graphicx, (E)psfig, Pstricks, Psfrag,..), Hyperref.

Most importantly, SVG mode is supported by common presentation packages like
PdfScreen, Seminar or Prosper; thus you can add animations to your existing
presentations today. SVG mode is also fully supported by the VTeX IDE.

The SVG output mode is the fifth output mode directly supported by
the VTeX compiler (the other four are DVI, PDF, PS and HTML).

VTeX 8.0 distribution now includes two new SVG-specific packages
svginav.sty and svgenav.sty which automatically add
page navigation to your document.

Mathematically Precise Fonts: the new release includes new version of the
EC/TC fonts which, unlike all previous implementations of these fonts are
mathematically precise: all control points are placed in exactly the right
positions and hinting is complete. We expect our new MathPrecise font technology
to be used to update and improve other font sets as well as introduce new
fonts. For a comparison between the MicroPress MathPrecise fonts
and the autotraced fonts, see this (pdf) article.

New GeX extension and package: FxEff. Applies font effects to
text and even entire formulas; a must for making fancy presentations.
An SVG sample of the FxEff output can be seen here, compiled with either the
HVMath fonts, or the
IFMath fonts.
(to view this sample, install the Adobe SVG viewer first.)

GeX/graphicx now can automatically handle EPS files that have
binary preambles as well as gzipped EPS files.

New space optimization feature in the PDF mode allows to decrease
the output size by as much as 20%.

Precompiled font maps improve the performance of the compiler in
production environment in the PDF and PS modes.

Many enhancements in the DVI Reader, including native processing of
Type1 and OpenType fonts (no ATM needed), and ability to transform/rotate
images under all operating systems.

03/31/02:
VTeX 7.6 is here. VTeX 7.6 is the last 7.x system.

Symbol templates in the IDE.

slant and aspect parameters now work with OpenType fonts.

The PDF mode compiler now converts embedded Type1 fonts to CFF, thereby
further decreasing the size of the output.

Changes to the VTeX/CJK package to reflect the latest Adobe changes in
the CID font distributions.

12/01/01:
VTeX 7.5 is here:

A large number of miscellaneous corrections and improvements to the
PS/PDF modes of the VTEX compiler.

New/improved versions of many packages, including the core LaTeX2e
distribution, Tools, Babel, Pstricks and several others.

Improved set of the hyphenation patterns for many languages.

Improved version of font manager (Alias.exe).

Improved PNG graphics filter handles the newest features of the standard.

Miscellaneous enhancements and corrections to several components,
including the DVI Reader, VEE (Visual Equation Editor), and others.

Improved versions of vtex.def (Graphicx package), pdf.sty (Hyperlinking),
and several other styles.

Help files are now easily accessible in the (user-customizable)
IDE menu system.

Short manuals for LaTeX added.

Improved Font Sample Reference (fsample.pdf).

01/31/00:
HVMath 1.5 is here:

AMS-compatible fonts hvam10, hvbm10 have been added to
the HV Math distribution. These fonts should be used with HV Math
instead of the conventional hvam10, hvbm10.
To simplify the use of these fonts, the \verb|hvams.sty| style
is included.The new BlackBoard Math shapes in hvbm10
can also be used in conjunction with other font families.

12/15/00:
VTeX 7.2 is here:

New package added: CM Dark. For many years the lightness of the
standard CM Type 1 fonts has been the source of complains: these
fonts were designed for high-resolution PostScript printing rather
than the legibility in Acrobat documents or on a laser printer.
The new CM Dark implementation is designed to overcome the problem
by supplying a darker version of the same fonts; the weight of the CM
Dark fonts has been chosen to best approximate the traditional
appearance of the PK fonts on a laser printer.

Large set of Type 1 Cyrillic fonts added.

New feature: alternative font maps can be specified with the
-of[mapname]; switch of the VTeX compiler. This allows
the compiler to locate the font files from a list other than in
aliasing.pst, or from a several font lists in a specified
order.

The compiler now supports the bophook feature.
The concept of bophook originates from the DVI->PS
drivers; these drivers append the PostScript code as
provided in a (PostScript) variable /bophook at
the beginning of each output page. The feature can be used, for
example, to overlay each page with an image or a background drawing.
[Please see the readme file in the distribution for the explanation
of the trickery involved.]

... which made it possible to finally support draftcopy
in the PDF mode; it is now included.

Miscellaneous corrections, improvements and optimizations
in the PDF and HTML mode of the compiler, DVI Reader,
the IDE, and several other programs.

New versions of LaTeX2e and related packages.

12/15/00:
TMMath 1.5 is here:

AMS-compatible fonts tmam10, tmbm10 have been added to
the TM Math distribution. These fonts should be used with TM Math
instead of the conventional msam10, cmbm10.
To simplify the use of these fonts, the \verb|tmams.sty| style
is included.

These fonts are included in the updated TMMath distribution.

08/30/00:
VTeX 7.1 is here:

Substantially enhanced GeX processing in Level 2 PostScript, including
support for local/global memory.

Full processing of pdfmark commands in GeX.

New version of hyperref, including an additional pdfmark-based
driver for VTeX, vtexpdfmark.

The enhancements in GeX and hyperref were largely motivated
by support for PdfScreen, which is now fully supported in PS and
PDF modes and included in the distribution.

Support for Small/Medium Toolbars in the Visual Equation Editor
(VEE).

Many minor corrections/enhancements in the IDE (WVTE), as well
as the Visual Equation editor.

Minor miscellaneous changes in HVMath, BAMath, and PSNFSS.

Fast processing mode for Cyrillic documents which bypasses
the bottleneck of inputenc and hyperref to deliver
far greater speed.

New pspage=# option for \includegraphics allows
to selectively include one page of a multi-page PostScript file.

06/15/00:
BaMath fonts are here:

Another new exclusive font solution from MicroPress: BAMath:
complete font solution based on the Baskerville font family.
BAMath includes text fonts in OT1, LV1, and T1 encodings, as
well as the matching regular and bold math fonts. Visit our
font page
for more information.

05/30/00:
VTeX 7.0 is here:

New ModeIn addition to the existing DVI, PDF, and HTML modes, VTeX now features
direct PostScript (PS) mode. With the PS mode you can generate
PostScript from TeX in a quick one-pass way, bypassing the DVI's.
Extras include inclusion of many bitmapped format, EPS, /pdfmark support,
and even optional PS->PS distillation (for smaller and verified PostScript
output). GeX and GeXX plugins are fully supported.

The Typesetter
Other changes in the VTeX typesetter involve improvements in the PDF compilation,
and removal of the last limitations (hyphenation table sizes).

Business Chart Plugin
New Business Chart Plugin allows to easily enhance your documents
with a variety of charts: bars, lines, donuts, ...

Function Plot Plugin and Visual Interface
Easily add plots based on functional representations? Would like to
plot sin(x)^2+cos(x)^2? Just enter the expression inside the TeX
code, define
gradients and shadings, draw
contour maps and
3D plots.

GeX enhancements
Multiple GeX enhancements lead to tighter code; better diagnostics
allows to pinpoint common errors in included PostScript code; among
new features is the Level II support and the ability to switch the GeX interpreter dynamically
between the Level I and II PostScript.

The Editor
Enhancements include include Drag-and-Drop for blocks,
user-defined stoppers
for word wrap and paragraph reformatting.

The Dvi Reader
Major rewrite of the DVI Reader program; a large number of new
options added. Among the many changes, the DVI Reader now allows to drag
the image, supports Fit Page and Fit Width, has measurement rules,
GoBack and GoForward buttons, and works with the Windows 2000 Type1 rasterizer.

Other Programs
Most of other utility components and Visual Tools have been
improvements; among the new improved programs are the Visual Equation editor,
the \chardef Wizard,
the Font Commander, and
AliasPS Type1 support Wizard.

Fonts
New improved releases of EC/TC, CM Bright,
BT, and some other families.
[The EC set has been made darker for better PDF readability; it
now uses the standard es-zet shape.]

More Type1 fonts
Full set of
LA fonts (331) for Cyrillic typesetting makes creation
of PDF's in Russian (and other Cyrillic languages) easy. Circ package
and the full set of Type1 fonts is added.

More IF4 fonts
All of EC and the most common PSNFSS fonts are now supplied in the
IF4 format as well [for use in the DVI and HTML modes.]

Improved setup files
Improved Setup files for LaTeX2E include full support for the new
font families (TM 1.2, HV 1.2). The Font Setup is now entirely
modular; new font families can be added without a need for updating
the core setup files.

Documentation
Documentation updated and expanded to cover all the additions made
during the two-year lifecycle of VTeX 6.

03/05/00:
VTeX 6.7 is here:

New, much improved set of EC fonts (darker fonts for better readability,
conventional es-zet shape, enlarged set of TC fonts).

Substantially improved versions of CM Bright and Concrete Math fonts.

New versions of LaTeX2e, Tools, and AmSLaTeX.

Improved vtexhtml.sty: no longer emits empty pages for
empty sections/chapters in the document

Improved vtex.def (again): in the PDF mode, detects EPS's
that leave junk on the stack (all too common) and corrects the problem.

Major rewrite of the Pdf compiler backend; the generated
Pdf code is now more compact, especially for PStricks-based
and similar documents.

XYpic support in Pdf mode; XYpic now included in the distribution

Pdf page thumbs: produce thumbs out of image files or by
via autogeneration.

Pdf forms, JavaScript and Sound support.

Totally rehinted and much improved Concrete and Concrete Math fonts.

Seminar support in Pdf mode; see some nice VTeX-generated slides by Denis Girou
on the Tug site.
VTeX+Seminar is the easiest way to create professional presentations
for Acrobat (Sorry, M$: this beats PowerPoint).

CJK support in PDF mode: for the first time VTeX makes it possible to create
quality PDF documents in Chinese/Japanese/Korean. Click
here for more.

Latest LaTeX2E (March 1999 release) included.

Acrobat4 compatibility.

Workaround for the Adobe's Acrobat4 Math Extention Bug.

05/15/99:
New Type 1 fonts available: Concrete Math and ECC.
These fonts supplement already available Concrete family
with symbols for mathematics and European letters.
All these fonts are available at no charge in the VTeX 6.4
distribution.

support of alternative fontsets in HTML mode (including HV-math and TM-math);

synchronization of the editor and the previewer in the PDF mode;

setups of most formats for Concrete fonts,

and many other improvements.

02/15/99:
New Type 1 fonts available: CM Bright, Concrete and CM TT Bold.
CM Bright (original design by Walter Schmidt) provides
an alternative sans-serif family of text and math fonts.
Concrete fonts are much more legible
than CM and are recommended for online PDF documentations.
CM TT Bold is provided for use with the Concrete fonts (usual TT fonts
do not mix well with Concrete because of similar darkness).
All these fonts are available at no charge in the VTeX 6.3
distribution.

11/01/98:
VTeX 6.2 is here. The major new feature is the GeX: Graphics EXtension.
GeX for the first time anywhere allows direct compilation from TeX to
PDF, together with encapsulated PostScript images, inline PostScript code
(PSTricks/PSFrag), and feedback from PostScript back to TeX.
See [GeX processor] for more details.

Equation Magic Lite for Win 3.1 is available for personal use
at no charge. You will be able to obtain it by downloading it from
this site from April 15th. If you cannot download and would like us to
send it to you by mail, the cost of S/H is $10. You can either mail the
check to MicroPress or send an Email with a credit card number (VISA, MC,
AMEX) to sales@micropress-inc.com.

03/10/96: VTeX/Pro is now
available on a CD-ROM. The price of the CD version is $399; for a limited
time the CD version contains all the bonus packages as well (Cyrillic and
Greek fonts; Spelling checkers for US and UK English; VMetaFont; NewMath
fonts).